Focus on retail: Glamour makeover for careers in the sector as opportunities are more handsome

As well as customer-facing jobs there are retail roles in tech and marketing. Stock image

John Burns

What’s your idea of a great place to work? Maybe it’s a tech firm where you can graze on free food and hang out with ‘brogrammers’ in the games room. Or it could be a charity where you’re helping people and not working for profit.

Let’s face it, retail doesn’t immediately spring to mind. Dealing with customers who are increasingly demanding and even aggressive. Doing unsocial hours, especially at weekends, for not-great money. Little prospect of working from home or getting a hybrid arrangement.